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NeilPearson

London's Science Museum has today announced that it has acquired Soyuz TMA-19M, which flew the first British ESA astronaut, Tim Peake, to the ISS on Dec. 15, 2015 along with Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko, returning them safely to Earth on June 18, 2016.

It is due to arrive in the UK early next year to go on display. Great news for British space exploration history.

In early 2017, this Soyuz will touch down at the Science Museum after a 1700 mile journey from Moscow where it has been readied for display by the company that made it, RSC Energia. The journey from Russia will take several days, considerably longer than the ten minutes it would have taken to cover the same distance were it still in space.

onesmallstep

The museum already has in its collection the Sokol space suit worn in 1991 by Dr. Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut who flew the Juno mission to Mir.

The spacecraft that returned Britain's first professional astronaut to Earth in June will land on display in London next year.

Russia's Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, which touched down from the International Space Station with Expedition 46/47 flight engineer Tim Peake with the European Space Agency (ESA), will go on exhibit at the Science Museum, London in early 2017.

dom

An article in today's British newspaper The Guardian off-handedly mentions that Tim Peake's Soyuz capsule is destined to end-up at the National Media Museum in Bradford, England later this year after a short time in the London Science Museum. First I've heard of this!

Later in the year, it also hopes to lure visitors with the arrival of Tim Peake’s spacecraft – when Londoners have finished with it.

The Bradford-based museum has also confirmed it will host the world-famous Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that carried Major Tim Peake to the International Space Station (ISS) and back to earth. Visitors will be able to see the space-faring vessel this September when it travels outside London for the first time since it was acquired by the Science Museum Group in 2016.

The Science Museum Group operates both the Science Museum, London and the now-renamed National Science and Media Museum in Bradford.

Robert Pearlman

Per an inquiry with the museum, Soyuz TMA-19M will be on temporary display in Bradford. The span it will be there is still being decided.

As the European Space Agency's first British astronaut, Tim Peake spent six incredible months aboard the International Space Station.

Now, let Tim be your guide on an out-of-this-world virtual reality mission that puts you in the pilot's seat of a Soyuz capsule like the one that brought him home.

Using the latest state of the art VR technology, get a 360° look inside a Soyuz capsule and experience the thrill of being an astronaut as you retrace Tim's 400km journey back to Earth from the ISS.

Narrated by Tim Peake.

"It really is breathtaking - and that comes from someone who has spent an awful lot of time using VR systems while training for my first mission," said Peake. "Science Museum visitors are going to experience something that truly is very close to the real thing!"

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NeilPearson

TMA-19M will be on temporary display at the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford between September 27 – November 19, 2017.

Tykeanaut

See the historic spacecraft that brought UK astronaut Major Tim Peake back to Earth after his mission to the ISS.

You now have a chance to land the Russian spacecraft that flew the UK's first professional astronaut to and from the International Space Station, both virtually and, possibly, physically.

The Science Museum Group in London, which acquired British astronaut Tim Peake's Soyuz TMA-19M capsule in 2016, announced Tuesday (Sept. 26) that the spacecraft is embarking on a tour of the United Kingdom over the next two years. Sponsored by Samsung, the traveling exhibition features a 360-degree virtual reality (VR) experience that invites visitors to sit in Peake's seat for his December 2015 return from space.

SpaceAholic

Reviewing the above image, its apparent the Neptune-ME IDS (cockpit main display/control panel) hosted within the touring TMA-19M is just a replica.

MrSpace86

I think that is the case with most of the Soyuz on display. Soyuz TMA-14 on display in Seattle is the same; from afar it looks like a real interior but upon closer inspection, it's just a mockup/replica.

It's the shell that counts though.

Robert Pearlman

From the Science Museum Group:

Seven venues across the UK have been selected to host the tour so far, with the remaining venue being decided by a nationwide competition. Entries for the competition are now closed. The shortlist is:

Millennium Point, Birmingham

Peterborough Cathedral

The Forum, Norwich

TR2, Plymouth

Worcester Cathedral

Shortlisted venues will be reviewed by a judging panel and the winner will be announced at the Museum of Science and Industry in March 2018.